Landscape Photography on the Isle of Skye - Part 1: Sgurr na Stri and the Cuillin
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- Landscape photography on the Isle of Skye - This the first of a series of videos fro our trip around Scotland this autumn. After some coastal photography, our first day on the Isle of Skye was spent hiking out to Camasunary bay and climbing Sgurr na Stri to photograph the black Cuillin mountains. The Isle of Skye really is one of finest landscape photography locations in the UK and we're looking forward to sharing these videos, and a few images! This was also my first outing with the Lumix S1R, which we were kindly loaned for this trip.
In the video I mention the film made by Cal Major called Skye's The Limit, raising awareness of the problems facing the Isle of Skye as a result of plastic in the ocean. You can view the trailer for Skye's the Limit on Cal's channel here:
• Skye's The Limit trail...
Good blog Sam. They did turn out well in spite of the weather, you capture their moodiness and grandeur.
Thanks Ray! It was a shame the cloud was just a little too low on that day, the following days were perfect! The cloud did seem to emphasise the mood though. S.
Marvellous images, Sam. Definitely much morr superior than just record shots! I liked them a lot in that light and the detail you were able to reveal. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Bob, really appreciate that! I hope we'll be able to make it back again to Skye soon, such an impressive place! S.
Hi 🙋♀️ such of a beautiful video! I love hiking 🥾 u have my support!
It’s a cool place to camp as well , a little wet maybe?
The plastic suck .....
@@asiangirlinthewild Thank you very much! It's definitely a great camp spot, it was a shame we weren't able to camp up there on this trip, but we'll be back for sure, those views at dawn and dusk would be amazing! Scotland always comes with a risk of rain, but it makes up for it when it's clear! It was awful to see the plastic though, at least people are becoming much more aware of the issue. Thanks for watching! S.
Nice to see you out and about again S and H! = ) SAdly, I have to admoit - i have only been to Skye once and i didnt have the camera with me! OMG! Must get back. Epic place!. Keep shooting Ewan
Thanks Ewan, such a shame you couldn't make it over here yourself this year! It was great to explore a few more areas that we'd not been before, we're looking forward to hopefully being able to spend more time in these places in the future and when you do make it to Skye with the camera perhaps we'll be able to show you around! S
Nice Vlog & some great images - I enjoyed that. I also had pleasure of visiting Skye last year for the first time in between (lockdowns) - I was like a 'headless' chicken rushing around trying to get all those 'goto' images.. I didn't get the chance to do any upwards hiking but this vlog has inspired to plan a trip again so thanks for that...
Thanks John, you were probably there around the same time as us! We managed to book a couple of weeks off work and made it up there in September before everything kicked off again, so glad we did! Definitely looking forward to heading up there again once we can again. S.
@@BosePhotography I was a little later in the year than you both. Am defo looking forward to a return when 'times' allow & for sure your Camasunary Hike & Sgurr na Stri will be on the list so thks for that. I made it to Elgol & can remember driving past the stopping point for Camasunary. I was more than happy with the pics I got during my trip... :-)
Great to see you two out again. What a dramatic landscape and despite the light you managed to capture that drama and mood wonderfully Sam. Looking forward to more in the series
Thanks Jamie, we had an amazing trip and were really lucky with the weather as well. Lots more to come! S.
Thank you for your video Sam, I’d love to visit one day
Thanks David, it's definitely worth a trip! S.
Fantastic Vlog Beautiful Scenery & Superb Photos... What more can you want from a vlog other than being there yourself!!!... So good I sat down with a cup of tea & a few biscuits to what if again... Great work Sam & Hannah... Looking forward to this Scotland Travelogue Series
Thanks so much David, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! That makes it all worthwhile! It really is an amazing place, we can't wait to go back again! Looking forward to sharing the rest of the videos from the trip over the next few weeks! S.
I have just discovered your channel and am greatly enjoying it. I seem to be going backwards though, as I watched your "Last Evening on Harris" offering before this one. Oh well.
Loved your shots on the rocks with the "stretched" waves. I live in California, and going down to the shore with my ND filters to create some crazily blurred water flowing over and around rocks is one of my favorite things to do. Sadly, the Pacific has the same trouble with plastic pollution as all the other oceans around the world. The last time my wife and I went for a walk along a beach north of San Francisco, we found an enormous amount of plastic. She carted a good deal of it back to the parking lot and put it in the dumpster, but that is less than a drop in the bucket.
Wonderful vids. I look forward to seeing a few more of them.
Hi Kevin, thank you very much, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! I really love photographing waves crashing over rocks and tried to do as much coastal photography as I could on this trip. Sadly, we live in Oxfordshire which is about as far away from the sea as you can be in the UK (although, admittedly it isn't really that far!) so I don't have much of a chance to photograph seascapes normally.
The plastic situation is extremely sad. It is great to hear that you have been picking up what you can (we always pick up a bit every time we visit a beach) but it can be so disheartening to think about how huge the problem is and how little we can do as individuals. Every little helps of course though. By the way, Hannah and I are members of an organisation of photographers with the aim of promoting conservation called Nature First and we're hoping to do a lot more to promote these kinds of issues through our photography in future. If you have not come across them, I highly recommend taking a look and signing up ( www.naturefirstphotography.org ).
All the best, Sam.
New to your channel and really enjoyed this vlog. My planned trip to Skye back in May had to be cancelled so hoping I can make it next April/may so looking for some tips - hence clicking on your video when the Algorithm showed it. Thought those last close ups were really well edited and that was on my list of hikes to do. Have subscribed and looking forward to future episodes.
Thank you very much for your kind comment, I am sorry that your trip was cancelled this year. We were very lucky to be able to make it up there when we did, after the first peak in the pandemic had subsided. I hope that you are able to reschedule your visit in 2021 and that we will all be able to visit under better circumstances soon! It's a fantastic walk out to Sgurr Na Stri. I'm hoping to camp up there on our next visit! Sam.
Hi , great pictures, great locations , and I do have one question: how can I get to that mountain to take picture of that lake featured in that episode? I'm going back to Isle of Skye next month and I am looking for some location
Hi Michal, thank you very much! Great to hear you're heading to Skye next month, I hope you have some good weather! The hill where this image was taken is called Sgurr na Stri, and the route we took to it was from Kilmarie. There's a guide to the route here: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5692 (this is actually a bit better than the route we took, which was a bit steep as we tried to head straight up the hill from Camasunary Bay!) Sam.
Hi Sam, honestly your photos are always so stunning. As I'm still at the early stages of my landscape photography journey I have been watching a lot of You Tube videos from many different landscape photographers to learn as much as I can. I just wanted to let you know your videos have been so helpful and inspiring. I have learnt so much from watching you on your little adventures with Hannah and I look forward to each and every one! Scotland is on our bucket list of places to visit so hopefully when the world goes back to normal we'll make it over there one day and visit the Isle Of Skye. Looking forward to watching Part 2! Take care. 😊
Hi Angie, it really means a lot to us to receive kind feedback like this, thank you! We're really glad that you find our videos helpful, it really makes it all worth while to know that they're appreciated! I hope that you do make it to Skye one day. Let us know if you do (we're actually hoping that we may be able to run some residential workshops there one day!). S+H
@@BosePhotography Hi Sam, oh that would be so amazing! We will definitely let you know when we come over and if you're doing workshops I would love to do one with you!!! My cousin moved to Scotland (from Australia) and we haven't been to visit her since she moved so we will get to Scotland in the next few years. As I mentioned I watch a lot of different landscape photographers on You Tube and have learnt things from all of them but your videos are my favourite and the ones I have learnt the most from. Your genuine love of photography is infectious (maybe not the best word to use at the moment 🙁) and is a joy to watch. I can't wait to see Part 2 from Skye! Take care. 😊
Stirring stuff Sam & Hanna. Sam you used the word 'severe' to describe the scenery of the Cullins twice.....how very appropriate! Absolutely breath-taking.....you've effectively just put a visit to Skye in my diary. Oh yes. Great stuff, looking forward to the next instalments. Stay safe chums.
Thanks Ian, yes I think it's an appropriate adjective! They are really impressive, but also quite ominous, I've heard it said before that they are as close to an 'alpine' landscape as we have in the UK and I'd certainly agree. Spectacular, and definitely worth a visit! S.
@@BosePhotography Wow Sam; I've only ever seen the Cullins from afar, I'm entirely serious when I say I now have Skye on the 'to do' list. I'm actually aching for some mountain scenery; the confinements of this year are taking their toll! See you soon I hope, all best, stay safe both of you. Ian
Scotland is somewhere i would love to visit especially Skye. New to your channel and really enjoyed that mate, some lovely images and im sure better memories , looking forward to more take care
Good to see your visit to Skye it’s on my list someday
Thank you David, you should definitely go one day, it's a stunning place. I'd recommend planning a trip to Harris as well if you do make it! S.
I know you don't normally do 'processing' vids, but I'd love to see what you did with those final few shots to take them from what looked like very flat light on the video to lovely crisp final images.
Thanks Tristan! It was a combination of a bit of dodging/burning using luminosity masks and a bit of local sharpening using a high pass filter. I'm thinking of starting to do a few more 'desk' based videos and putting them out mid-week so I will add this to the list! S.
@@BosePhotography Thanks, really helpful. Looking forward to watching a desk video.
Over the years I’ve been visiting Iceland, Norway and concentrating on the Lakes and Snowdonia in the uk, but now 2020 has turned things on its head, Scotland looks to be a firm favourite for 2021.
Loved the images Sam and look forward to watching part 2 with my coffee tomorrow morning.
Keep well guys 👍
Ah, I hope you do make it up there Darren! As we usually just head straight up to my parent's place in the north west, or the cairngorms for the wildlife, there were so many areas we hadn't explored before so this trip was a great excuse to head to those spots and there are still a few more on the list I need to get to, such a wonderful place! We're hoping to spend a lot more time up there ourselves in future.
I've just been catching up on your latest deer videos by the way, absolutely fantastic! S.
I was so looking forward to this video and it didn't disappoint! Wonderful intro Sam and loved the image taken with the S1R at 7:26. When you was stood looking over Camasunary I must admit to having a tinge of jealousy..lol. The river crossing when I stayed in the bothy was a bit dicey and we intended walking around to the bad step but the light was failing so we did the sensible thing and retreated. Our ai was to explore the next day but we had to cut short our trip as my lad got a call about a job back in Wales and we also wanted to do Ben Nevis so hiked back to the car at Elgol and dove to Fort Bill - it's a place I have always wanted to revisit. I'll be honest when you was doing your pece to camera about the flat light n clouds I was feeling for you but part having spent a trip to Skye with clear blue skies I can tell you mood works better... an then you presented your images - reccy or not they were fab and showed up the mood of the Cuillins perfectly, I would have been very happy to come away with them for sure! Cracking stuff Sam.... look forward to the next episode. Atb Al PS How did you find the S1R, I take it you had it on loan or hve you invested in it? I had it for a few weeks and this week I have taken possesion of the S5.. loved my Pansonic G9 so a FF version that didn't weigh a tonne was just what I wanted.
Thanks so much Alan, really appreciate that! I'm glad it didn't disappoint! The S1R was just a loan unfortunately, Tom persuaded me to try one and they were extremely helpful in timing it to coincide with the trip. It took a bit of getting used to initially, but I definitely warmed to it and the image quality is truly spectacular. Really glad to hear you have gone for an S5, we might try one out as well. It sounds like the perfect camera for your needs (the S1R was a bit too much of a tank really so the S5 would be a better choice for us as well). It will be hard to pull us away from Canon, but we have been extremely impressed with the images from the Lumix, I really can't fault it!
Sorry to hear you had to cut your visit to Camasunary short, but it sounds like you did the sensible thing by retreating when you did. I'd definitely love to head back there, but I'd camp next time (we were paying for an airBnB so it would have been a waste to spend a night out on this occasion). I'm sure we will be back there again though! It turned into a very long day, hiking there and back again, so a stop over would definitely be more sensible. I was pleased with how the images came out, and definitely some cloud suits the moodiness well, but I'm still longing to get back there on a clearer evening with some golden hour light!
Thanks as ever for watching,
Sam.
Great to see you both out and about, 1981 I was there in Camasunary on a weeks hiking across Skye, I must go back before I'm not mobile enough. The first thing I did when I got home was buy a camera! but 3 rolls of film later it was in a cupboard and I've only had one day on Skye with a camera. Looking forward to see more of your trip and hopefully let Hannah use the camera one day :-)
Hi Andrew, it was great to finally make it back up there and explore a few more places that were new to us, I can't believe it has taken us so long to get to Skye ourselves, but we'll definitely be back there again soon if we can. We especially loved the time we spent on Harris as well. I did try hard to persuade Hannah to take a few pics on this outing, between us we had three full frame cameras on this trip so no excuse! She much prefers photographing wildlife to landscapes (she has her own video coming up on otters), but she did take some stunning sunrise shots in Torridon! Sam.
Amazing scenery and great moody photographs of the mountain range. You may have just convinced me to visit Skye in a year's time 🙂
Thanks Russ! Yes it's definitely worth adding to the list if you can, although I agree it might be worth waiting a year. We headed to Harris after spending time on Skye as well, and I'd highly recommend you do both if possible. S.
Great Vlog, impressive video content and images, I'm new to the channel so first impressions are great. Thanks
Thank you very much Tony, that's much appreciated! We have quite a few videos coming up over the next few weeks from our Scotland trip so we hope you enjoy them! S.
I'm looking forward to the rest of your autumn trip around Scotland. Plastic is a huge problem world wide.
Thanks Don, yes it was really tough seeing just how much plastic had washed up. I'm glad that awareness is increasing but the scale of the issue is immense. Still, there are some schemes that are doing a lot of great work. Cal Major's Paddle Against Plastic project is just one example. We also spent some time in Durness where they have a beach cleaning scheme that's making a huge difference (I struggled to find any plastic on one beach there). Still, it's just scratching the surface of course but every little helps!
Great vid and pictures again. I „love“ the Isle of Scye since 1981 when I was touring Scotland with my girlfriend (my wife one year later) in a VW Bully. My last visit was two years ago. I wish you all the best. Take care and stay healthy. 🇩🇪
Thanks Hu, glad to hear it has such a personal association for you, it really is a special place. I hope it's not too long before you can visit again, we certainly hope to be back there as soon as we can be! S.
I don‘t think it will be very soon. Covid and after the C-virus the Brexit-Virus. Sad!
Finally getting around to watching your videos from Scotland.....Sgurr na Stri has been on my bucket list for sometime now!
Thank you Julian! When you make it there, I can tell you the way not to climb it! Don't try and go straight up like we did, stick to the path ;). It's an amazing location, I'm hoping to camp up there next time! S.